Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-03
XXTH LEGISLATURE.
The Senate Passes the Land Bill to a
Third Reading and Refuses to Ad.
ipurn in Honor Of The Day.
The Railway Commission Bill Passes the
House by a Vote eff Fifty Eight
TO Thirty Eight
TIE SENATE.

tionsl amendment eXempting manu-
lectures from taxation.
By Senator Mcdonald, from Lamar
county, On the same subject.
BY Senator Burgess, from Taylor and
Williamson counties, against the high
saloon tax.
By Senator MaCmanus. from Star coun-
ty, favoring the prohibition of foreigners
from voting upon simple declaration of
becoming citizens.
By Senator BurEey, from San Antonio,
against the high saloon tax.
Senator GlasscCck, for the committee
on education, reported back the bill pro-
viding for the teaching the nature and eff
feCts of alcoholic liquors and narcotics
with q substitute.
Senator Armistead, for the committee on
asy!ums, reported favorably to require
the stewards of the insane asylums to
give bond, and changing the mode of ap-
pointing superintendents.
Senator Woodward reported fav0rably
the militia bill, and it was ordered
printed.
Bills Introduced: By Senator Wood
ward, for relief of c. L. Thurman of Vic
toria.
The Mcdonald land bill was laid before
the Senate and Senator Houston resumed
his argument against the bill, insisting
that many OF its provisions were uncon-
stitutional and that it conferred too much
power upon the Land Commissioner.
Senator Terrell offered substitute for
the title Of the bill, adding "and TO pre-
scribe and provide adequate penalties
therefor Adopted.
Senator AberCrombie moved to amend
providing that rot less than one section
of Wstered land shall be sold, or where it
i q fraction, not less than the fraction to
any one person. Adopted.
Senator Alien moved to amepd so as to
give cattlemen the right to enter pastures
to water their stock.
Senator Harrison offered an amendment
giving an actual bona tide settler who
owns one section at the time this act
goes into effect the right to buy three ad
ditiOnal sections of dry land without TAX
ing the oath provided for in the bill.
Senator Bell moved TO amend the
amendment requiring the settler to take
81 oath that he is not acting in collision
with any person or corporation. Adopted.
Senator HarriSon's amendment as
amended was then adopted. The bill
then passed TO 8 third reading. Yeas
Abercromhie, Allen, Armistead, Bell,
Burney, Camp Claiborne, Douglas of
Grayson, Field, Frank, Garrison, Gregg,
Harrison, Jarvis, Knittle. Mcdonald,
Macmanus, Pope, Simkins, Stiuson,
Terrell. Woods, Woodward. Total, %.
Nays-BurSess, Calhoun, Houston, Lane,
Unshaw. Totsl,
Senator Terrell for Judiciary committee
No. reported uufavorablY to provide for
the appointment OF a stenographer for the
district Courts; fIvorablY to increase the
lees of jury commissioners; favorably
Swing owners of pastures a lien upon
stock for pasture fees.
A motion by Senator Harrison to ad-
journ in honor of TeXss Independence,
was defeated by the following vote:
Yeas-Senators AHercrombie, Armistead,
Camp, Gregg, Harrison, Houston, Jarvis,
knittie, Pope SimkinS, Stinson, Upshaw
and Woodward. Total, u. Nays-Allen,
Bell, Burgess, Burney, Claiborne, Douglas
OF Grayson, Field, Frank Garrison, Glass
cock, Lane, Mcdonald, Macmanus and
Wood. Total, 10.
The House deficiency bill was laid be-
fore the Senate and the committee
amendment adopted as follows: in
creasing the amount for special district
Judges from Sl7O0 to S2400. Increasing
the amount for attached witnesses from
SIG, 800 to S25, 800. For the Court OF
Appeals at Galveston So, $50. For
the Court of Appeals ct Austin,
SlS $50; to pay W. Z. Lane, Colonel Oar
der and A. Defenbaugh for services on
the veteran board, $3.50; for gas Tor the
temporary capitol, 500 60; to pay J. B.
Smith for work on the temporary capitol,
$3.50.
The rules were suspended and the bill
passed.
senator Mcdonald offered res '1tIon
requiring toe general committee c.eiks TO
assist the enrolling AID epgrossing clerks.
Adopted.
The bill to authorize suit against
the state OF Kansas passed.
The resolution amending the judiciary
article as recommended by the State
Bar Association was laid before the
Senate.
Senator Claibourne moved to decrease
the term of office from eight to six
wears. Lost.
Senator Claibourne moved to decrease
the salaries from $4,000 to $500 per
annum.
Senator Bel offered q substitute re-
ducing the salaries not less than
$500.
Senator Claiborne, to compromise,
offered to amend the substitute by fixing |
the salary st $4,000.
Senator Burney offered a substitute for
all the amendments, providing that the |
salary of each Judge shall be fixed by the
Legislature 81 not exceeding $4,000 per
Rrnum.
Senator Houston moved to lay all the !
amendments ana substitutes on the table.
Adopted.
Senator Terrell moved that the further
consideration of the resolution be post
poned indefinitely, which would have
practically killed it. Lost-veas, IL;
nays, Is.
Senator Bell then moved that the reso-
luton lie upon the table subject to call.
Adopted.
The bill requiring railways to provide
crossings and openings on their right Of
way when fenced every one and half
miles was laid before the Senate.
An amendment by Senator Woods, pro-
vIding the openings and crossing shall be
every three miles, was lost.
Senator Terrell moved to amend re-
curing an opening in the fence where
the roads pass through any inclosure